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In essence a fixture is something fixed to the land and therefore, in law, is regarded as forming part of the land.

by Delyth Williams. The question of the content and implementation of the clause providing for a landlord to recover a service charge can often pose several problems for the practitioner.

by Stephen Byfield. How many times have you been faced with a refusal on a planning application which you thought had a reasonable chance of success?.

by Paul Murrells. Since the House of Lords’ decision in Smith v Eric S Bush and Harris v Wyre Forest District Council [9] 1 EGLR 169 was given on April…

by Tim Bloomfield. The leasehold market for small industrial units in most of South-East England has all but disappeared, replaced by a growth in smaller companies buying their own freehold.

I have just started work as a trainee in an estate agent’s office. I wish to qualify as a chartered surveyor.

by Marc Selby. Of crucial importance to those making supplies of interests in land and property on which VAT is chargeable will be the tax point of those supplies.

by David Jenkins and Stuart Gronow. Local government property managers have recently been on the receiving end of outspoken criticism from the Audit Commission, and subsequently from various media commentators.

by Sir Andrew Derbyshire. The process of creating buildings is undergoing a major change. Occupiers of all types of property are becoming more demanding and more particular.

by Thomas Brennan and Julian Bourne. With the recent publication of the Finance Act 1989 the problems which now arise out of the new value added tax regime in relation…

by Rudi Konrath. Since the early 1970s Hungary, with its famous “goulash communism”, has been widely praised by the West and envied in the East.

by John Moore and Amanda Lawrence. On August 1, a new element was introduced into the twilight world of VAT on property, an element novel to any tax system –…